Universität zu Köln

Schmuck, Jonas, Hiebel, Nina, Kriegsmann-Rabe, Milena, Schneider, Juliane, Matthias, Julia-Katharina, Erim, Yesim, Morawa, Eva, Jerg-Bretzke, Lucia, Beschoner, Petra, Albus, Christian, Weidner, Kerstin, Radbruch, Lukas, Hauschildt, Eberhard and Geiser, Franziska ORCID: 0000-0002-4212-9692 (2022). Individual Stress Burden and Mental Health in Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Resilience. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19 (11). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic generated a significant burden on the German health care system, affecting the mental health of health care workers (HCW) in particular. Resilience may serve as an essential protective factor for individuals' well-being. Objective: Our objective was to identify demographic and work-related correlates of individual resilience and to investigate the association between pandemic-related stress, resilience and mental health using different resilience models. Methods: Our sample comprised 1034 German HCW in different medical professions who completed an online survey from 20 April to 1 July 2020. Resilience was assessed using the Resilience Scale-5 (RS-5). The pandemic-related self-reported stress burden was captured by a single item, while depression and anxiety symptoms were measured with the PHQ-2 and GAD-2, respectively. Additionally, various sociodemographic and work-related factors were assessed. Results: Overall, we found high levels of resilience in the sample compared to a German sample before the pandemic, which were significantly associated only with the older age of participants and having children in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Regarding mechanisms of resilience, moderation analysis revealed that low individual resilience and high pandemic-related stress burden independently contributed to both anxiety and depression symptoms while resilience additionally moderated the relationship between stress burden and anxiety symptoms. The link between self-reported stress burden and mental health symptoms was also partially mediated by individual resilience. Conclusion: Taken together, the findings based on the present sample during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest that resilience plays a central role in the mental health of healthcare workers and that resilience-building interventions should be expanded, especially with a focus on younger employees.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schmuck, Jonas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hiebel, Nina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kriegsmann-Rabe, Milena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schneider, Juliane UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Matthias, Julia-Katharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Erim, Yesim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Morawa, Eva UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jerg-Bretzke, Lucia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Beschoner, Petra UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Albus, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weidner, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Radbruch, Lukas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hauschildt, Eberhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Geiser, Franziska UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4212-9692 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-683261
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph19116545
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	19
Number:	11
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language JOB-SATISFACTION; BURNOUT; PROFESSIONALS; SARS-COV-2; DEPRESSION; FRAMEWORK; CHILDREN; DISASTER; STUDENTS; TRAUMA Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68326